ABOUT AVALON

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NEW AVALON ~ THE VENICE OF THE SKY

The Venice of sky and Earth, a city divided into two layers, filled with strife, turmoil, joy and love. It is a majestic city, sprawling and huge, covering vast territory. With a wide array of people from all walks of life,New Avalon welcomes anyone with open arms. Petty crime runs rampant in the lower city, with zigzagging canals and roads cutting through the city with rampant abandon. Bridges of all shapes and sizes cutting through the cities. A variety of districts lace the landscape, ranging from the business district in the heart of the city to the docks leading off into the Great River (which connects the pulsing heart of the city to the sea).


THE UNDERNEATH

Also known as The Undercity, the Underneath is a vast and vibrant city reminicent of Venice. Canals and gondolas and bridges, a rooftop system of roads lacing over the squeezed-together-buildings, these are the various methods of travel in the city's hear. Bright hues, loud noises, laundry strung from window to window, roof to roof. Small, lowflying skybikes zip around recklessly, risking police attention for treading too low. Barges navigate the wider canals of the Docks, connecting the port areas with the Business district. Old Avalon rests at the heart of the city, with wide squares and ancient architectures,
columns, pillars and statues interrupted only by the massive structure that is the Spire, which extends up past the clouds- a manmade mountain with a giant clockface, ticking away the minutes and chiming out across the canals. The people of this area are disdainfully called crawlers, and generally of a lower class than those that reside above the clouds. This is where the trading, making, and living of the middle and lower classes is done.


THE UPPER CITY
Above the clouds is a city of canals and districts much the same as the one below- but these canals are filled with cumulus, nimbus, held in place by ancient magics, controlled it is said by Fae officials working in the heart of the Spire. These buildings are gleaming and new- ornate clockwork detailed structures of brass and gold and shimmering white metals, crafted by Gears to hover delicately, noiselessly in the sky.They are home to nobles, aristocracy, politicians, mages, and the officers of the Airforce. Here is where there are balls and banquets, political machinations and murders. There is also the constant threat of pirates infringing from the borders of the city, constantly seeking to overthrow a regime they feel oppressive. They are kept at bay for now, dealing quietly in the shadows, but for how much longer?